Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Loading devices and methods for percutaneous perforation closure systems
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Application No.: US14213753Application Date: 2014-03-14
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Publication No.: US09850013B2Publication Date: 2017-12-26
- Inventor: Peter Grant , Bartosz Pawlikowski , Daniel Slattery , Matthew Murphy , Chris Martin
- Applicant: VIVASURE MEDICAL LIMITED
- Applicant Address: IE Galway
- Assignee: Vivasure Medical Limited
- Current Assignee: Vivasure Medical Limited
- Current Assignee Address: IE Galway
- Agency: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
- Agent William R. Haulbrook; Su Kyung Suh
- Main IPC: B65B39/00
- IPC: B65B39/00 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B50/33 ; A61B50/30 ; A61B90/00

Abstract:
A device for folding an implant having a wing into a an overlapped configuration includes a funnel body comprising: a first portion configured to receive and protect the implant when the wing of the implant is in a flat or relaxed state, a second portion proximal to the first portion and configured to engage and fold opposite first and second side portions of the wing of the implant in a predetermined direction when the implant is retracted proximally from the first portion of the funnel body and into the second portion of the funnel body, and an overlap guide configured to direct the path of a first one of the side portions of the wing such that the first and second side portions of the wing are overlapped in a predetermined manner and to prevent respective edges of the first and second side portions of the wing from butting into each other as the first and second side portions of the wing are guided into the overlapping configuration during proximal retraction of the implant relative to the funnel body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140345109A1 LOADING DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PERCUTANEOUS PERFORATION CLOSURE SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2014-11-27
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